More Church Connections

I’ve had several more opportunities within the last couple weeks to connect with some great churches across the country. Here are the highlights:

  • West Ridge Church (Dallas, GA) – I  attended a Sunday service at West Ridge with my family. Their senior pastor, Brian Bloye, is a solid guy. Love his heart for church planters in particular. I’m excited that West Ridge is my first stop on the Killing Cockroaches Summer Tour.
  • Christ Fellowship (Miami, FL) – It was fun talking about leadership with the staff team at Christ Fellowship, and then discussing communications strategy with with their new communications group. And, I was honored to hangout with Eric Geiger, their executive pastor. You need to read his book, Simple Church, if you haven’t already.
  • Harvest Church (Billings, MT) – No, I haven’t been to Montana, but it would be fun to make the trip at some point. I did, however, get to chat with Vern Streeter, the lead pastor at Harvest Church, about what’s happening in their ministry in Big Sky Country.
  • VantagePoint Church (Eastvale, CA) – I got to hang out with Mark Lee and the team of VantagePoint for a day. The church launched about a year ago, and they’ve already had over 800 people attend their services in recent weeks. In case you’re wondering, that’s not normal. With that rapid growth in mind, we had a chance to talk about some next steps to help them continue to reach more people for Jesus.

I don’t exactly know what the future looks like, but I’m loving the chance I’ve had in recent weeks to connect with great leaders in vibrant churches across the country. It’s been a fun journey.

2 Responses to “More Church Connections”

  1. Keith Tackel June 17, 2009 at 11:55 pm #

    Glad things are going well and God is unveiling a little more each day for you. Hope all is well with Emily and the kids!

  2. Adam De Corte June 19, 2009 at 6:13 pm #

    Hey Tony! I just wanted to take a moment and thank you for coming out and giving us guidance on what to do next and how to get there! Keep on doing what you are doing! I look forward to hanging with you again…. till then take care BIC!